Saturday Linkages: Can We Please Have More Underpass Chandeliers?

February 1, 2014

...rgin Suicide: Olive Oil Corruption Slide Show http://nyti.ms/1f7yHcI Black Bean Soup http://feedly.com/e/lPhvrdNB Meet the Bakers: Louie and Clinton Prager http://feedly.com/e/KsUR-_dv Poultry Show Common Sense http://feedly.com/e/YNk88kWG Bee Colony Adapts to Human Environmental Impact by Using Plastic to Build Nests http://inhabitat.com/bee-colony-adapts-to-human-environmental-impact-by-using-plastic-to-build-nests/ … Thin Wall Earthbag — 10x Fa...

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Dog Cheese

Mr. Homegrown

April 1, 2007

Food, Recipes

21 Comments

...iff, but salting the cheese really brings out a nice, distinct Frito odor which makes it a natural pairing with beer and three bean dip. Kids like it too....

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Saturday Linkages: #quarantinecats

Mr. Homegrown

March 21, 2020

Saturday Linkages

...An overflowing pot of bean recipes Some guidelines for dealing with coronavirus in your home and community The Cloistered Garden Nassim Taleb on BBC4 on why this is not a “black swan” Some magazines I read: The Idler, The Baffler, Jacobin, Mortise and Tenon, Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding ‘Honest Labour’ – the Column that Named the Book The Mystic And The Warrior Slavoj Zizek, Jordan Peterson and the Toilet Paper Candidate...

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The Blue Bear

Mrs. Homegrown

September 9, 2016

Thoughtstylings

36 Comments

...s and 50/50 blend sheets. I think back on my groovy synthetic clothing, my bean bag, my Biggie comb, my Breyer Horses and my Barbies. It’s all buried somewhere now, part of the immortal treasures of the 2oth century, my own King Tut’s Tomb. My great-grandmother Caroline, on the other hand, was born into a world which did not know polyester or plastic. In fact, rayon and polyester don’t appear on the scene until the 194o’s, so she was over 50 when...

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Who Wants Seconds? Book Giveaway

Mr. Homegrown

December 4, 2013

Food, Recipes, Reviews

84 Comments

...ies, Waldorf salad, peanut butter blondies, sweet potato lasagna and white bean soup. We’re giving away a copy of Who Wants Seconds? to a lucky Root Simple reader. To enter the contest just leave a comment on this post–just tell us if you’re an omnivore, vegetarian or vegan. We’ll select a winner by generating a random number and matching that to the comment order. We’ll announce the winner on Friday and the winner will need to email us their addr...

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